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GOLD SEAL 
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A BONDED FLOOR 


BONDED FLOORS COMPANY, INC. 


New York Boston Philadelphia Cleveland Detroit San Francisco 


Distributors in other principal cities 


Copyright, 1926, by BonpED FLoors Co., INc. 


Main Reapinc Room, University or Minnesota Law Lisrary. C. H. Jonnson, ARCHITECT. 
The floor of Gold Seal Treadlite Tile in two shades of brown 
harmonizes perfectly with this dignified interior. 


NTIL a few years ago, floors were still in the Dark Ages. 

When you bought floors, you purchased the same materials 
that were at the disposal of the builders in medizval times. 
You had your choice of marble, stone or wood. Little else. 
Good floors they were—but hard, noisy, difficult to maintain, 
and uncomfortable. For hundreds of years, there had been no 
improvements in floors. 

Considering the limitations of old-fashioned floors, it is clear 
that something new, something better, was urgently needed. 
Architects and builders were demanding improvements. The 
cork composition floor—the modern resilient floor—was the 


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answer to the demand for quiet and comfort. And the tile floor 
was the answer to the demand for latitude and individuality of 
color and design. 

In Treadlite Tiles of cork composition, you can obtain that 
latitude of color and design—plus quiet, comfort underfoot, 
ease of cleaning and the durability that must be present under 
all traffic conditions. | 

So, before you buy your next floor, make sure that you have 
thoroughly investigated resilient floors and all that they have 
to offer you. Read the descriptions in this booklet of Gold 
Seal Treadlite Tile and of other types of BonpDED FLoors to 
satisfy every floor need. And, on page 6, see how BonpeED 
Froors get their name. Size up our proposition of guaranteed 


durability backed by a bond. 


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Every Treadlite Tile Floor is individual—de- 
signed expressly for the interior of which it 
forms a part, ‘‘made to order.’’ A few words give you the 
reason—Treadlite Tile is installed tile by tile. 


Treadlite Tile is manufac- 
tured in twelve beautiful 
standard colors. Tile by tile 
installation opens up an 
endless vista of rich color 
combinations. | 


Treadlite Tile is available — 
in several different standard 
Sizes sOl tio tceDyettic iting 
stallation makes possible a 
wide variety of interesting 
COMDINAatiOlsmOlmSsIzZcs. eas 


well as of colors. 


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Reception Room, LicutincG InstiTuTE oF Epison Lamp Works OF 
GENERAL Exvectric Company, Harrison, N. J. An example of the 
cheerful brightness given by floors of Gold Seal Treadlite Tile. 


Gold Seal Treadlite Tile liberates your imagina- 


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Pee oct 2 tion—spurs on your creative ability. You 


have complete liberty of choice. Any of many color combina- 
tions to harmonize with the color scheme of any interior. Large 
tiles or small tiles to correspond with the architectural scale 
of any room. Any pattern or design you fancy. If you wish, our 
designing department will submit patterns for your selection. 


In short, when you decide on a floor of Gold Seal Treadlite 
Tile, your floor will look as you want it to look. Nothing to 
hamper the architect or decorator. Harmony with every in- 
terior is assured. 


But Treadlite Tile does more than merely harmonize—it 
contributes; it adds an extra beauty to the decorative scheme; 
it adds the beauty of colorful floors. Gold Seal Treadlite Tile 
is the modern resilient floor for the buildings of today. 


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Exxs Cius, Atiantic City, N. J. Vivian B. Smitu, ARcuITECT. 
15 ,000 square feet of black and stone gray Treadlite Tile floors play no 
small part in giving this club its luxurious appearance. 


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} Notwithstanding its unique beauty and its prac- 
SEMIS Be Wee eticaleadvantaces Gold, Sea) i rcadliteslileisetar 
from being an extravagance. It can often be installed over an 
old floor at a cost that compares favorably with the cost of 
refinishing the old floor. Installed as a ‘“‘finish floor’ in new 
buildings, it is obtainable at a cost that is really low, con- 
sidering its unusual distinctiveness, comfort and durability. 


Figuring on cost-per-year-of-service, Treadlite Tile is one 
of the most economical floors money can buy. This hardy 
cork composition material is exceptionally long-lasting. 


Maintenance costs are low. No costly periodical scraping, 
refinishing, repairing, varnishing or painting. Gold Seal Tread- 
lite Tile can be kept clean by either occasional washing or the 
more economical and satisfactory waxing, which not only keeps 
the floor looking its best but naturally lengthens its already 
long life. 


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QUIET AND: 
¢ COMFORT 

Sg eee ter and rattle over it—or echo and re-echo. 
That's why a floor of Gold Seal Treadlite Tile makes a room 


restful and peaceful—a more pleasant place to work or live in. 


Treadlite Tile 1s quiet. Resilience renders 
it ‘‘noise deadening.’’ Footsteps don’t clat- 


Comfortable, too! Treadlite Tile is shock-absorbing. It takes 
the ‘‘jar’’ out of walking, just as balloon tires remove it from 
riding. Walkers on Treadlite Tile literally do tread lightly. 
They don’t walk away their energy and good humor on 
hard, unyielding surfaces. 


GEDEO SBAEA? P12 Raa § When you buy a BonpED FLoor, we assume 


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tion, service. We can do this— 


1. Because we manufacture our own materials—and manu- 
facture them well. 


2. Because we install these materials ourselves—or through 
approved distributors for _— 
whoseworkweaccept full | 
responsibility. Skilled 
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these floors to stay put. 


Our responsibility begins 
at the factory—and it does 
not end when the last work- | 
man walks off the job. A 
Guaranty Bond against re- 
pair expense Cissued by 


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Puituips Jones Company, New York. A six-year-old Treadlite Tile instal- 
lation in the salesrooms of the manufacturers of Van Heusen collars. 
Attractive as the day it was laid—good for many years of service. 


U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co.) is obtainable with every floor 
installed according to BonDED Froors specifications. 

This Bond is life insurance on your floor—satisfaction in- 
surance. The mere fact that we can afford to issue such a bond 
on thousands of floors each year is the best proof that you can 
count on satisfactory service from your BonpED Froor. 


Where is it suitable to use Gold Seal Treadlite 
Tile? On the one hand, Treadlite Tile is an 
exclusive floor, which has won its way into famous hotels, 
smart restaurants, well-known clubs and luxurious homes. 


On the other hand, it is widely used in business buildings, 
for general offices, private offices and reception rooms. Bankers 
have been quick to recognize the value of the Guaranty Bond 
obtainable with floors of Treadlite Tile. The Bank of The 
Manhattan Company (New York), for example, has called for 


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Saxs-FirtH AVENUE, 
(New York) in whose 
up-to-date building 
we installed 60,000 
square feet of Tread- 
lite Tile. Srarrett 
& Van Vuiecx, ARCHI- 
' tects. This handsome 
installationof mahog- 
any brown and stone 
gray tiles in the men’s 
department of this 
famous store is a per- 
fect proof of the suit- 
ability of Gold Seal 
Treadlite Tile for 
smart specialty shops 
and showrooms. 


it again and again—as fast as new branches are added. Build- 
ing owners recognize the value of Treadlite Tile floors in 
making their buildings more attractive and comfortable. In 
the Standard Oil Building (New York) for instance, 25,000 
feet of Gold Seal Treadlite Tile were used in various corridors. 


Store owners also have discovered that Treadlite Tile is an 
efficient selling aid. Its fine appearance attracts patrons—people 
with money to spend; its quiet and comfort keep salespeople 
and employees polite and obliging all day long. 


Finally, Treadlite Tile is ideal for public institutions. 
You meet it in all kinds of public buildings—libraries, 
universities, schools, churches and hospitals. It even goes 
to sea—on board many great American liners—the Leviathan, 
the Resolute and the Relzance, for example. 


Ineshottmwhctevctesthnessituatiouecalls= tot -a a tloomeon 
unique beauty, quiet comfort and assured durability, that 
is the place for Gold Seal Treadlite Tile. 


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Gare ate eae 5 When you are confronted by a difficult floor 
- COOPERATION : problem, the sure way to solve the situation 


LIVE ON es PROPS te 
. is to call in one of our flooring engineers. 


His advice is expert assistance—the product of long years ot 
experience. And unbiased! Since the BonpEp Froors representa- 
tive offers all types of resilient floors, he has no special cause 
to plead. His sole aim is to see that you get the floor that 
satisfies your entire list of flooring requirements. 


If you want up-to-date floors for a new building; if you 
intend to remodel a building or interior; or if you are tired of 
refinishing and maintaining more troublesome floors, the 
BonpED FLoors fepresentative will explain how Gold Seal 
inomalircmiutlcson other 
BonveD Froors described in 
the following pages can be 
installed at a minimum of 
time, trouble and expense. 


If you live within reach- 
ing distance of one of our 
numerous branches or dis- 
tributors, a BoNnDED FLoors 
representative will be glad 
to call at your office. Con- 
sultation with him 1s free, 
of course, and obligates you 


to nothing. And— 


McGrecor Lisrary, HIGHLAND Park, MicHiGaNn. 


It 1S the surest way ot [fel f= Titton & GiTHens, Arcuitects. Frank EuricH, 
AssociaTe Arcuitecr. Appropriate decoration and 


ting the right floor for your an attractive floor of buff and brown Treadlite Tile 
give the Children’s Room its full share of color 


building. and individuality. 


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Gold Seal Marble-ized Tile 


OLD SEAL Marble-ized Tile brings the rare beauty of marble to your 
building, at a reasonable cost. It is manufactured in a variety of 
marble effects. Each is an artistic rendering of the marble from which 

it derives its name—with rich veinings and markings and interesting color 
variations delightful to the eye. It is a floor that dignifies—enhances— 
individualizes—yet harmonizes with the finest interior. 

All this beauty, plus the comfort and durability of cork composition. In its 
cork composition construction, this BonpED Froor is identical with Gold 
Seal Treadlite Tile. Everything that has been said in regard to the resilient 


restfulness and quiet and the rugged “‘wearability’”’ of Treadlite applies with 
equal force to Gold Seal Marble-ized Tile. 


Moreover, this floor is different in many respects from the common run of 
marbleized tiles. Cork construction means that it is odorless and easy to main- 
tain in first-class condition. Easy because it 1s waxable. For waxing not only pro- 
vides arenewable wearing surface which adds year upon year to the floor’s term 
of service, but also gives the material a mellow sheen which markedly increases 
its beauty. Thus, 
instead of stead- 
ily deteriorating, 
its goodlooksand 
sturdiness are 
lasting qualities. |, 


In short—add 
wax-mainten- 
ance (the easiest 
and least expen- 
sive way of keep- 
ing floors clean) 
ey 2h insheh inet 2h 
which is in itself remark- 
ablestoraits durabilety 
and you have a floor which 


Subtle color shadings make 
Gold Seal Marble-ized Tile 
a highly individual floor. 


can be truthfully designated 
as permanent. And that per- 
manence is made doubly sure 


Jacos Reep’s Sons, PHitapEeLpHia, Pa. One of the 
by our famous Guaranty distinctive Marble-ized Tile floors in this leading 
Philadelphia store. The design pictured is a white 
and black field with black and white “‘inset’’ spots. 


Bond against repair expense. 


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Gold Seal 
Battleship 


Linoleum 


\ \ 7 HETHER you shop around 

until you find a floor at 
your price or whether you buy on 
a cost-per-year-of-service basis, 
Gold Seal Battleship will appeal 
to your sense of economy. 


It 1s inexpensive to install and 
economical to maintain, either 
by washing or waxing. Its non- 
absorbent surface is sanitary and 
easy to clean—no crevices to 
hold dust or germs. 


10,000 yards of Gold Seal Battleship 
Linoleum—as well as 25,000 feet of 
Gold Seal Treadlite Tile—were used 
in the Sranparp O11 Burtpinc, New 
York. Carrere & Hastincs, ARCHI- 
tects. C.T. Wits, Inc., ConTRACTORS. 


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McGrecor Lisrary, HIGHLAND Park, MICHIGAN. 

Corridor floor of durable Gold Seal Battleship 

Linoleum. Titton & GitHeNns, ARCHITECTS. FRANK 
Euricu, AssociaTE ARCHITECT. 


And on cost-per-year of service, it can- 
not be surpassed. For these reasons: 


This old-reliable cork composition ma- 
terial is manufactured in our own mill— 
according to the original Walton process. 
It conforms to the exacting requirements 
of the U. S. Government Specification. 


The combination of this highest quality 
linoleum with scientific installation by our 
expert workmen gives you a truly per- 
manent, resilient floor. And, as is the 
case with all floors laid according to 
Bonded Floors specifications, their per- 
manence is backed by our Guaranty Bond. 


Four attractive colors: brown, gray, 
green and terra cotta. Four grades: light, 
medium, heavy and extra heavy— any 
of which will give many years of service. 


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Gold Seal 
Cork ‘Tile 


OF mS L Ale Oto ilemeis 
cork—and nothing but 

cork. The finest-grade, selected 
cork shavings are forced, under 
tremendous pressure, into molds, 
which are then tightly closed 
and baked. No artificial binder or 
other foreign substance is used. 
The intense heat liquefies thenatu- 
ral gum in the cork, causing it 
to fill all voids and form a natu- 
ral and enduring cement. The re- 
sult of this process is a solid, 


LeHMan Hati, Harvard ADMINISTRATION 
BuILpING, CAMBRIDGE, Mass. CooLipGe, 


substantial block of pure cork, SHEPLEY, BuLFINcH & ABBOTT, ARCHITECTS. 


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aliberreraecestine long aes quiet, resilient floor of Gold Seal Cork Tile. 


And its beauty is remarkable! Gold Seal Cork Tile closely resembles Giallo 
Antico—a fine grained, richly mottled brown Italian marble. This appearance 
is due to the mellowing action which the baking has on the natural tints of 
the cork. These vary from a light wood-color to a deep chestnut brown and 
grow richer in tone with every passing year. Square, oblong and border tiles 
of several sizes lend themselves to a variety of interesting designs, as simple or 
elaborate as your taste and the decorative plan of the interior demand. 


By nature, cork is tough and elastic. These qualities, retained in the manu- 
facturing process, make Gold Seal Cork Tile proof against the hardest kind of 
service and heavy traffic. 


As for comfort, Gold Seal Cork Tile, due to its permanent elasticity, is as 
pleasant and restful to walk on as a deep pile rug, and as noiseless—features 
well appreciated in libraries, museums, banks and other buildings where 
people are continually passing to and fro. 


And when installed according to BonpEp FLoors specifications, its proven 
durability is such that we are willing to pledge you against repair expense, 
and give you a Guaranty Bond on it! 


Write us for further information or samples. 


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